Great story and welcome to Texas -Kyle
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:04 PM, MJB_LBC <m...@michaeljamesbrown.us> wrote: > Ok, the final update. In one word the trip was fabulous!! The odometer > read 39808 when I started out on Wednesday morning at 5am, it is currently > 41357 after arriving in San Antonio on Saturday at 3pm. 1549 miles! Would > have made it a day earlier, but took a detour to Midland, TX to catch up > with friends. > > I'm 6' 2" about 250 and the Nighthawk 750 handled the trip beautifully. > Zero real problems or concerns. I need to replace the back tire and replace > the turn signal stems (my quick fix didn't hold up on the trip) all mostly > minor stuff. I had to purchase chain lube as I got in the heat of Arizona, > only had one close call with finding a gas station in Casa Grande. Reserve > tank got me through! > > Long Beach to San Diego, was early morning and a cool ride. San Diego to > Yuma was the hottest and the grittiest. Sand blowing across the freeway, I > was taking water breaks about every 50 miles. Pulled into a Motel 6 to > spend first night in Tucson, AZ. > > Second day, repacked the bike so everything was tighter, headed to El Paso > at first light. Was a really smooth trip, crossed the Continental Divide in > New Mexico. > > Third day, decided to go to Midland, again left at first light. Great time > to travel, few trucks and fewer cars. Midland/Odessa is booming, saw plenty > 'we are hiring' signs in just about every business in West Texas. > > Day four, again got packed ready to travel early. Midland to San Antonio > is secondary roads to get back to the interstate, not a lot to see. But > once you get back to I-10 at Junction, TX that's when you start getting > into the rolling hills. Really beautiful! Rode with a pack of Harley's for > a little while. > > Trying to keep it really simple cause I know you guys know the feeling you > get traveling around by motorcycle. But it was great to be able to spend a > lot of time thinking, looking at stuff, etc. At just about every gas/water > stop many ex Nighthawk owners would come up and start talking about their > old bike, etc. > > In San Antonio for a bit, then will decide the route back. > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:36:16 PM UTC-5, MJB_LBC wrote: >> >> First of all, I want to say how much I enjoy being a member of this >> group. I'm riding my Nighthawk from Southern California to San Antonio, TX, >> leaving in the morning. I submitted my story to Honda about why I'm making >> the trip and they approved it for use on their 'I Wanna Ride' site. >> (Anybody can submit, so feel free to share your story if you want. I don't >> work for Honda.) >> >> You can check out the link here: http://powersports.** >> honda.com/IWANNARIDE/?cid=**6fad7db6-4b9f-441c-8644-**c2002c6b6ae0<http://powersports.honda.com/IWANNARIDE/?cid=6fad7db6-4b9f-441c-8644-c2002c6b6ae0> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nighthawk_lovers/-/ExFphQHC_sMJ. > > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
